Amarillo had the lowest unemployment rate in Texas last month at 3.2 percent. The Austin-Round Rock area was also on the low end for jobless rates, at 3.3 percent. The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission area had the highest jobless rate statewide at 8.0 percent, the TWC said.

Texas employers expanded their payrolls last month by adding 16,300 seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs. More than half, about 9,000 jobs, were in the construction industry, a commission statement said.

The professional and business service industry also added jobs for the fourth month in a row, adding 5,500 positions in November.

“Texas employers continue to lead the good economic news for our state,” said Commissioner Ruth R. Hughs. “The fact that our state has added jobs for nine of the eleven months of 2015 is a credit to the diversity and resilience of employers in Texas.”

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